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| Bullring shopping centre: Woman falls from third floor | |
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| A woman has fallen from a third floor balcony inside Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre. | A woman has fallen from a third floor balcony inside Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre. |
| West Midlands Police said emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 13:30 GMT. | West Midlands Police said emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 13:30 GMT. |
| The incident shut the East Mall of the shopping centre, but it has since reopened. | |
| "We are working closely with West Midlands Police and as always our primary concern is for the welfare of our customers," the Bullring said. | |
| "We can confirm that there was an incident at approximately 1.30pm this afternoon at Bullring. | "We can confirm that there was an incident at approximately 1.30pm this afternoon at Bullring. |
| "As a result of this we have evacuated the East Mall." | "As a result of this we have evacuated the East Mall." |
| East Mall is at the Selfridges end of the shopping centre. | |
| The area opened about one hour later, but a small section remained cordoned off by police tape. | |
| A woman who had been in one of the restaurants on the ground floor at the time said: "Staff were very slick and very quick and explained what they wanted us to do. | |
| "They acted professionally to maintain the dignity of the person involved." |